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The Sked: SATURDAY Ratings 9.13.2014

Posted September 14, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday.

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update) : 10.25.2014

Posted October 28, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 4 adjusted up to 2.6 in final numbers, and ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.4. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Elsewhere on the gridiron, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up the top 6 slots of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 11.5.2014

Posted November 6, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, CHICAGO PD and ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE 100 lost the same amount. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): AMERICAN HORROR STORY (FX) lost 0.19 from its Halloween week episode, but still […]

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The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 9.7.2017

Posted September 8, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  The NFL returneth. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. NBC:  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.3.2020

Posted April 6, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was led by Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.54/0.86/5.5M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.49/0.67/2.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.27/0.40/3M.  Discovery’s […]

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The Sked: Cable Ratings March 13-19

Posted March 21, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>AMC’s Walking Dead was clearly the top program on cable last week with Adults 18-49, with the season finale scoring an impressive 4.7 rating, up from a more typical 3.6 last week and beating the season premiere’s 4.2 rating on February 12.  How good is a 4.7 rating?  Just look at the broadcast competition last […]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/26/12

Posted September 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

So much for the monkey. NBC:  ANIMAL PRACTICE lurched into the regular season with an awful 1.4 start, the lowest rated show in primetime (other than on CW) last night.  GUYS WITH KIDS did marginally better at 1.6, but that was still deeply in 4th place for its timeslot.  (Incidentally, in other NBC bad sitcom […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted June 9, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Horse Racing: Triple Crown Belmont Stakes (Saturday) 4.0 rating NBC 4:30-5:00 pm (+190% from 2.1 […]

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